horses

Actually there are folks who are using horses in their farming and swear by it.
Take a look at this site Small Farmer's Journal - Draft Horse Farming

Dunappy,
I don't don't know beans about horses, but I ran across the SFJ in the library and thought I'd pass it on. I guess if you had a clean river or a big pond/lake it water would not be a problem. With horses you have no worrys about gas or electicity at least.

I think for some folks lucky enough to have a retreat/farm it might make sense to have a few horses, if you had good wells and capacity to grow enough feed. If we have a total meltdown of society, you could still have your horses. Buy now, while the markets is depressed